This article reports on the proportion of
women who either have received degrees from or are on the faculty of computer
science and engineering ("CS/CE") departments in the United States and
Canada.

Table 1 shows the percentage of bachelor's,
master's and doctoral degrees granted to women since 1985. Although the gender
of Ph.D. recipients has always been tracked by the Taulbee Survey, questions
about the gender of bachelor's and master's degrees recipients have only been
included since 1994. The results from Taulbee are compared with data from
National Science Foundation surveys on science and engineering (S&E)
degrees. The most recent results for NSF data are from 2005 (no data were
reported at the bachelor's and master's degrees levels for 1999).[1]

Table 1. Share of S&E and CS/CE Degrees
Granted to Women

Bachelor's

Master's

Doctorates

Taulbee CS/CE

NSF
S&E

Taulbee CS/CE

NSF
S&E

Taulbee CS/CE

NSF
S&E

1984/85

39%

32%

11%

26%

1985/86

39%

32%

13%

27%

1986/87

40%

33%

10%

27%

1987/88

41%

32%

9%

27%

1988/89

41%

34%

13%

28%

1989/90

43%

34%

13%

28%

1990/91

44%

36%

12%

29%

1991/92

45%

36%

11%

29%

1992/93

45%

36%

14%

30%

1993/94

18%

46%

19%

37%

16%

30%

1994/95

18%

47%

20%

38%

16%

31%

1995/96

17%

47%

20%

39%

12%

32%

1996/97

17%

48%

23%

41%

14%

33%

1997/98

17%

49%

23%

41%

14%

34%

1998/99

17%

26%

15%

35%

1999/2000

19%

50%

26%

43%

15%

36%

2000/01

19%

51%

27%

44%

16%

36%

2001/02

18%

51%

25%

44%

18%

37%

2002/03

18%

50%

26%

43%

17%

38%

2003/04

17%

50%

25%

44%

18%

38%

2004/05

15%

51%

25%

44%

15%

38%

2005/06

14%

23%

18%

2006/07

12%

23%

19%

Table 2 focuses on the percentage of
bachelor's and master's degrees in CS/CE that have been granted to women.
Although the Taulbee results combine CE and CS results, while NSF figures
reflect CS degrees only, the inclusion of CE data has little impact on the
ratio of men to women in Taulbee's results.

Table 2 shows that the Ph.D.-granting
departments targeted by the Taulbee Survey grant a lower proportion of
bachelor's and master's degrees to women than the much broader range of schools
that are surveyed by NSF.

Table 2. Share of CS/CE Degrees Granted to
Women

Bachelor's

Master's

Taulbee CS/CE

NSF
CS

Taulbee
CS/CE

NSF
CS

1993/94

18%

29%

19%

26%

1994/95

18%

29%

20%

26%

1995/96

17%

28%

20%

27%

1996/97

17%

27%

23%

28%

1997/98

17%

27%

23%

29%

1998/99

17%

26%

1999/2000

19%

28%

26%

34%

2000/01

19%

28%

27%

34%

2001/02

18%

28%

25%

33%

2002/03

18%

27%

26%

32%

2003/04

17%

25%

25%

31%

2004/05

15%

22%

25%

29%

2005/06

14%

23%

2006/07

12%

23%

Table 3 looks at the percentage of faculty,
both current and those newly hired, who are women.